POD : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: POD	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for POD
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pod n the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) Synonym(s): pod, cod, seedcase a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant Synonym(s): pod, seedpod a group of aquatic mammals a detachable container of fuel on an airplane Synonym(s): pod, fuel pod v take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans" produce pods, of plants
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-pod \-pod\ [See {Foot}.] A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pod \Pod\, n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion, and also E. cod a husk, pod.] 1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser. 2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of {Angiospermous}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals. {Pod auger}, [or] {pod bit}, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Podded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Podding}.] To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
pod n. [allegedly from abbreviation POD for `Prince Of Darkness'] A Diablo 630 (or, latterly, any letter-quality impact printer). From the DEC-10 PODTYPE program used to feed formatted text to it. Not to be confused with {P.O.D.}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
P.O.D. /P-O-D/ [rare] Acronym for `Piece Of Data' (as opposed to a code section). See also {pod}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pod Not to be confused with {P.O.D.}. 1. (Allegedly from abbreviation POD for "Prince Of Darkness") A {Diablo} 630 (or, latterly, any {letter-quality} {impact printer}). From the {DEC-10} {PODTYPE} program used to feed formatted text to it. 2. {Plain Old Documentation}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-12-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
P.O.D. Piece Of Data (as opposed to {code}). [{Jargon File}] (2000-04-08)